California Interagency Working Group on IAQ

California Interagency Working Group on Indoor Air Quality

A Japanese Perspective on Indoor Air Quality Research and Policy

The California Interagency Working Group on Indoor Air Quality (CIWG-IAQ) is an organization of representatives from State, Federal, local, and non-governmental agencies with IAQ oversight or interests. It was established in 1983, under the mandate of Assembly Bill 3200 (Tanner, 1982), which directed the Department of Health Services to safeguard the public interest by a coordinated, coherent State effort to protect and enhance the indoor environmental quality in residences, public buildings, and offices in the state.

The group continues to provide a unique forum for discussion, collaboration, and education on issues of indoor environmental quality, building engineering, and related health effects among the professionals working in the field. There are currently two active committees: Indoor Environmental Quality in Schools and Building Design & Operations.

Meetings occur quarterly, with special presentations on IAQ topics often incorporated. Meeting notes include activity reports from member agencies; notes are posted on-line (see below).

For additional information, contact the CIWG-IAQ Chair, Dr. Janet Macher, at the Department of Public Health -- Indoor Air Quality Program, phone: 510-620-2859, fax: 916-440-5855;or e-mail: Janet.Macher@cdph.ca.gov.

Meeting Notes:

· December 2009

· September 2009 (preliminary)

· March 2009 (preliminary notes)

· All 2008 (combined) notes in PDF format

· September & December 2007 (combined) notes in PDF format

· March & June 2007 (combined) notes in PDF format

· July 2006 notes in PDF format

· December 2005 & March 2006 (combined) notes in PDF format

· March, June & September 2005 (combined) notes in PDF format

· December 2004 notes in PDF format

· September 2004 notes in PDF format